A nomination contest, in Canadian politics, is the process by which a political party chooses their candidate for the next general election.

A rotten borough or pocket borough.

Appointment without primary or election.

On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Antonin Scalia, who had died one month earlier.

On July 1, 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court of the United States to replace Thurgood Marshall, who had announced his retirement.